German Automatic Rifles 1941-45 by Chris McNab

Author:Chris McNab
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: German Automatic Rifles 1941–45
ISBN: 9781780963877
Publisher: Osprey Publishing

A famous photograph of one of the Fallschirmjäger involved in the Gran Sasso raid in 1943. He carries one of the early models of the FG 42, which were intended to provide heavier firepower than the rifles and submachine guns available to the rest of the troops. (BArch, Bild 101I-567-1503A-01, Toni Schneiders)

One of the most famous early appearances of the FG 42 in combat was during the rescue of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from the Gran Sasso massif in the Apennine Mountains in September 1943. Mussolini had been deposed and replaced by Marshal Badoglio on 25 July 1943. A German rescue attempt was mounted by a combined force of 2. Fallschirmjägerdivision, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 7 and 502. SS-Jäger-Bataillon, led by Major Otto-Harald Mors (the role of the SS officer Otto Skorzeny in leading the action was less influential than history has often claimed). The force was deployed by nine DFS 230 gliders, and freed Mussolini from his army guards without a shot being fired.

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